Mountain Flight Bhadrapur Bhairahawa Biratnagar Pokhara Nepalgunj Janakpur Simara Bharatpur Dhangadi Finance
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Buddha Air www.buddhaair.com company profile 2 0 0 6 Buddha Air is among the best schedule flight operators of Beech 1900D aircrafts in the world. As mentioned in the technical audit of Raytheon Aircraft Credit Corp (More than 600 Beech aircrafts are operated in more than 40 countries worldwide) profileCOMPANY NamE OF THE COMPANY Buddha Air YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT 11.10.1997 EXECUTIVE CHAIrman Surendra Bahadur Basnet MANAGING DIRECTOR Birendra Bahadur Basnet TYPE OF BUSINESS Scheduled Flight Service NO. OF AIrcraFT Six TYPE OF AIrcraFT Pressurized Beech 1900D and 1900C NO. OF SECTOR DESTINATIONS Kathmandu Mountain Flight Bhadrapur Bhairahawa Biratnagar Pokhara Nepalgunj Janakpur Simara Bharatpur Dhangadi finance inance Department is divided into F Revenue and Expense Division. BHA has 23 staffs in the Finance Department. We use our own Accounting Software. Buddha Air practices dynamic budget system, which monitors the cost of operation by the hour. Computerized accounting system has less than 1% bad debt outstanding in the Revenue Division. Buddha Air has contributed US$ 4.66 million as direct and indirect taxes since inception. Buddha Air practises dynamic budget system, which monitors the cost of operation by the hour Details of Direct & Indirect Tax Period form 1997/98 To 2004/05 Indirect Tax Fiscal Year Direct Tax (Corp.) (VAT & TDS) NRs. NRs. Up to FY 1997/98 4,921,901.00 93,739,258.00 FY 2003/04 60,446,298.00 50,526,317.00 FY 2004/05 6,380,445.00 57,914,317.00 FY 2005/06 (Prov.) 8,633,021.00 67,154,000.00 Total >> 80,381,665.00 269,333,892.00 Grand Total >> 349,715,557.00 Total Tax Contribution in USD (@ 75)>> 4,662,874.00 TAX_IN & DIR.xls Sheet3 (managementmis information system) anagement Information System was 5. Personnel and Payroll System M set up with a vision to capitalize the 6. Human Resource Management rapid progress in Information system and 7. General Inventory System communications. Our company has been 8. Operation and Crew Planning System enjoying the edge of prompt decision- 9. Engineering Inventory System making, strategic planning and ready to 10. Engineering Planning System cope with the challenges, hurdles and 11. Royal Club Frequent Flier System competitiveness placed by other competitors through MIS. Computer for every desktop staff is our We have computerized almost all the major motto. So far we have been successful in functions, which has to be carried out for providing computer for every staff in our smooth operation of an airline. Following are Head Office, Engineering office and Sales the modules, which we have developed: office. Buddha Air has been enjoying this level of popularity only because of prompt 1. Finance and Budget Control System and proper decision by its management, 2. Revenue Accounting System which is due to our Management Information 3. Local Reservation System Systems. 4. Comparative Market Research System Buddha Air has computerized system for almost all the major functions which has to be carried out in order to run an airline smoothly. engineering ngineering Department main objective is to E maintain all Buddha Air’s aircrafts in airworthy condition as stipulated by CAAN and the aircrafts manuals provided by the manufacturer. In order to run the department smoothly, it is sub divided into various divisions like: Maintenance Division, Maintenance Planning, workshops, Quality assurance, Technical Records, Library, procurement and stores. Quality Assurance Division monitors various functions laid down by CAA of Nepal and the manufacturer. QA conducts internal audit regularly to make sure all things within engineering are satisfactory. Buddha Air has a large stock of components worth more than US $ 2.5 million including 2 engines, 3 propellers, 3 landing gears, gyros, ACM, Heat Exchanger, etc. and all special tools, testing equipments and ground support equipments required for our aircrafts. All this helps us to maintain our on time departure by 99%. Regular audits from CAA of Nepal, Raytheon Aircraft Company and Pratt & Whitney Canada are conducted annually and we do not have any outstanding discrepancies. Currently, 9 Airframe & Engine and 4 Electronic, Instrument & Radio engineers are working in the Engineering Department, there are a few more in the training process in the Technician group. All these engineers are trained in Raytheon Maintenance Training Center, Flight Safety International Wichita USA and Pratt & Whitney Canada, Singapore Training Center. All engineers are given regular refresher course at the above training center. There are 25 technicians to assist in this Department. We have workshop to carry out jobs like wheel- brake assembly, NDT, fuel nozzles and filters cleaning, battery shop etc. We carry out all private airlines NDT requirements, as we are the only one qualified to carry out this job in Nepal. All our fuel nozzles and filters are cleaned through ultrasonic and electro sonic cleaners to remove dirt and carbon deposits. operation uddha air employs nineteen responsible for imparting the B commanders including four annual five training requirements instructors Pilot and twenty-two First of CAA of Nepal and one internal Officers, thus eliminating cumulative training based on CTS (Computer and/or over fatigue of pilots; the Training Systems), which is specially main reason for aviation accidents developed for the B1900 series and all over the world. All commanders keeping the license of all the crew have about 4,000 hours experience current. in Beech 1900s and over 8,000 hours overall. All of them have completed BA has fulfilled all Civil Aviation their flying courses from reputed requirements regarding security institutions in the, USA. system of the airport for the protection of the aircraft, passengers, BA has established and obtained crew, airport staff and facilities. approval of Beech 1900s type rating training of the flight crewmembers Operation library of BHA has world and flight dispatcher from Civil famous Jeppesen audio-visual Aviation Authority of Nepal. BHA's training aids and reference books. aims and objectives with these Well maintained library room, training programs are to ensure: instrument procedure training- a Crewmembers are kept up-to- composite system of computer date in respect to the aircraft flight controls and special software being flown, training materials are enhance the knowledge of flight provided regularly and regular crew of Buddha Air. examinations are conducted. Approved instructor pilots are All commanders hold the Airlines utilized for flight training, flights transport License and are required checks and simulator training to undergo pilot proficiency checks programs. twice a year. All crewmembers Emergency training is provided hold the Commercial Pilot License as set forth in the flight Operation and are required undergo pilot Requirement of the Civil Manual proficiency checks once a year. In of the company. additional, all crewmembers are sent for a simulator-training program to Two specialized divisions have been Bangkok once a year. created for enhancing safety and providing quality training to all All BHA crewmembers have crewmembers. The Chief of flight instrument rating endorsed into their Safety Division is responsible for flight license. Cockpit crewmembers and safety and accident prevention cabin crewmembers are provided programs implementation. The refresher courses on safety aspects reading of ADAS (Air Data Acquisition of the flight and in providing a System) and FDR (Flight Data Record) comfortable flying atmosphere to are downloaded every month so passengers. that any parameter that has been exceeded by any crew is identified For better flight dispatch reliability, BA and corrective measure is taken, employs four flight dispatchers who which none other airlines in Nepal do. hold licenses from the Civil Aviation of Thailand as well as Nepal. The Chief of Training Division is No. of Flights Comparison 97/98 25,000 98/99 99/00 20,000 00/01 01/02 15,000 02/03 03/04 10,000 04/05 05/06 5,000 Proj.(06/07) - Flights marketing he current domestic market share of Buddha Air is 50.6 %. Marketing Department Tis one of the vital parts of the Company and the most number of staff are employed here. Our first and foremost responsibility is to satisfy our passengers and to do that by interacting with all the time and take their feedback to better our Local Passenger Comparison 350,000 97/98 98/99 99/00 performance. We also decimate information of our Company to different tour 300,000 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 250,000 04/05 05/06 operators as well as direct passengers though different means. Our quarterly in-flight Proj.(06/07) 200,000 magazine “Buddha Yatra” (Buddha Air’s travel) is in its third year and we distribute 150,000 15,000 copies per issue. We have a dedicated form for the passengers comment 100,000 50,000 and we diligently look into every comment and rectify our shortcomings. - Local Pax Market Share Comparison for (98/99) with other operators Foreign Passenger Comparison Note : 04/05 figures include only 9.5 months data 60 50,000 45,000 97/98 98/99 40,000 99/00 Necon Air 00/01 50 35,000 Buddha Air 01/02 30,000 02/03 RNAC 03/04 25,000 Gorkha Airlines 04/05 40 20,000 05/06 Lumbibi airways 15,000 Proj.(06/07) Cosmic Air 10,000 30 Yeti air 5,000 - 20 Foreign Pax Total Passenger Comparison 10 400,000 Note : 04/05 figures include only 9.5 months data 97/98 - 350,000 98/99 99/00 300,000 Market Share in % 00/01 01/02 250,000 02/03 200,000 03/04 Market Share Comparison for (99/00) with other operators. 04/05 150,000 05/06 Proj.(06/07) 100,000 50 50,000 45 Necon Air - Buddha Air Total Pax 40 RNAC Gross US$ Revenue Comparison 35 Cosmic Air Gorkha Airlines 5,000,000 97/98 30 Mountain air 4,500,000 Note : 04/05 figures include only 9.5 months data 98/99 Lumbini Air 4,000,000 99/00 25 00/01 3,500,000 Yeti air 01/02 20 Shangrill Air 3,000,000 02/03 2,500,000 03/04 04/05 15 2,000,000 05/06 Proj.(06/07) 10 1,500,000 1,000,000 5 500,000 - - Gr.